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Salvia macrophylla
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Common Name: Salvia 'Peru Blue' and Salvia 'Tingo Blue'
Latin Name: Salvia macrophylla
Family: Lamiaceae
Zone: 8-10

1 gallon pot

$10.00

 

Info: Velvety smooth large leaves and clusters of pure medium blue flowers atop 4 to 5 foot tall stems make this a favorite with gardeners. Frost tender but sets plenty of viable seeds and will root easily from cuttings.


Salvia VanHouttii 'Dancing Flames'
Common Name: Dancing Flames Salvia
Latin Name: Salvia VanHouttii 'Dancing Flames'
Family: Lamiaceae
Zone: 9

4 inch pots

$3.00

 

Info: Blooms late summer/fall, grows to 3 ft tall, full sun. Delightfully gaudy foliage accented with brilliant scarlet red flowers. Good as a bedding plant, for walkway borders, and as a component of mixed containers.

Samyda dodecandra
Common Name: Guayabilla
Latin Name: Samyda dodecandra
Family: Salicaceae
Zone: 10

5 gallon pot

$35

 

Info: Rare multi-trunked tropical tree to 18 feet from Central America, small pink flowers line the stems at leaf joints.

Sansevieria masoniana 'Congo'
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Common Name: Mason's 'Congo' Sansevieria
Latin Name: Sansevieria masoniana 'Congo'
Family: Dracaenaceae
Zone: 10

Rare

1 gallon pot

$15.00

Native to central Africa, this unusual Sansevieria grows to 5 feet tall with huge leaves 8 to 10 inches wide, and is easily the largest of the cultivated Sansevierias. Hardy to around 30 degrees, can grow in sun or shade. Leaves have a beautiful mottled color. We only have a few of these in stock.

Scadoxus-multiflorus-katherinae
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Common Name: Blood Lily, Catherine wheel
Latin Name: Scadoxus multiflorus 'katherinae'
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Zone: 9-10

1 gallon
Blooming Size $12.00

Quart size
$7.00


Eight to ten inch wide clusters of scarlet red flowers interlock into a most striking globe shape on a one to two foot tall stalk. Blooms attract hummingbirds and are a great conversation piece in the garden. Easy to grow, multiplies each year. A relative of the more common Amaryllis. Native to South Africa. Goes dormant in winter.

Solanum jasminoides - Variegated Potato Vine
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Common Name: Variegated Potato Vine
Latin Name: Solanum jasminoides 'Variegated'
Family: Solanaceae
Zone: 8 - 11

1 gallon pot

$7.95

 

Info: Gold variegated trailing vine to 20 feet tall with small leaves and fragrant, showy, pure white to light blue flowers grouped in terminal panicles, with prominent yellow stamens. Grow in full sun with regular watering.

Common Name: Variegated Ornamental Comfrey
Latin Name: Symphytum grandiflorum 'Hidcote Variegated'
Family: Boraginaceae
Zone:

1 gallon pot

$7.95

 

Info: Decorative groundcover for shady areas. Enjoys a fairly dry soil and is winter hardy to zone 5. Cream variegation along the edges of mint green leaves. Grows to 1 ft tall and 18 inches wide.

Firewheel Tree
Common Name: Firewheel Tree
Latin Name: Stenocarpus sinuatus
Family: Proteaceae
Zone: 10+

1 gallon pot
$15.00

5 gallon pot
$35.00

Rare

 

Native to NE Australia rainforests, Firewheel Trees bloom with unusual bright red wheels of fire. Wheel of Fire. Leaves are long, glossy dark green and deeply lobed. Full bushy 5 gallon size plants. Rare in our area.

Stephanotis floribunda
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Stephanotis floribunda variegated
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Common Name: Variegated Bridal Wreath, Madagascar Jasmine
Latin Name: Stephanotis floribunda
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Zone: 10

1 gallon size

$20.00

 

 

 

Vineing plant with intensely fragrant long lasting waxy white flowers and brightly colored variegated cream and green leaves. The flower scent is strongly reminiscent of true jasmine.

This vine grows best in bright indirect light with relatively high humidity. It should not be exposed to temperatures lower than 40.


Stevia rebaudiana - Sweetleaf
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Common Name: Sweetleaf
Latin Name: Stevia rebaudiana
Family: Asteraceae
Zone: 9

6 inch pot

$6.00

 

Info: Sweet Herb from Central America with edible leaves 30–45 times the sweetness of sucrose (ordinary table sugar). Tight clusters of white flowers. Grow in full sun.

Hawaiian Sunset Vine
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Common Name: Hawaiian Sunset Vine, Hawaiian Bells
Latin Name: Stictocardia beraviensis
Family: Convolvulaceae
Zone: 9-11

1 gallon size

$12.00

RARE

 

Info: Lovely tropical vine from Africa, related to morning glories, with sunset red, orange and yellow colors with red stripes and a cerise and white central floral parts. Grows to about 8 feet and hardy to freezing. Grow in full sun. Rare in collections. One of our favorite plants.

Stromanthe sanguinea 'Tri-Color'
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Common Name: Stromanthe
Latin Name: Stromanthe sanguinea 'Tri-Color'
Family: Marantaceae
Zone: 9-10

New Fresh Plants In Stock!

1 gallon pot

$12

 

Good plant for shady areas, keep soil moist, mulch in winter. Grows 2 to 3 feet tall and is easy to maintain. Intense colorful variegation makes this a showpiece plant for shady gardens.

Strophanthus gratus Flower
Common Name: Climbing Oleander, Rose Allamanda
Latin Name: Strophanthus gratus
Family: Apocynaceae
Zone: 10 up

1 gallon pot

$12

 

Info : Evergreen clambering vine to sturdy rambling shrub, native to Western Tropical Africa. Prefers sun to partial shade and moist soil. Flowers pink with burgundy throats. Protect from freezing.

Tabernaemontana divaricata
Common Name: Variegated Flore Pleno, Carnation of India, Crepe Jasmine
Latin Name: Tabernaemontana divaricata
Family: Apocynaceae
Zone: 9 up

2 gallon pot

$12

 

 

Info: Flora Plena is a bushy shrub from tropical India with dark green glossy leaves with wavy edges and variegated leaves. Likes full sun, moist soil, and regular fertilizing. Blooms with clusters of 4 to 6 waxy fragrant white flowers produced in abundance during the summer blooming season. Flowers are most fragrant on still evenings. Can grow six to 10 feet tall and 4 to 8 feet wide. Can withstand some frost and light freezing.

Everblooming Black Tacca
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Common Name: Ever blooming Black Tacca, Bat Flower
Latin Name: Tacca chantrierei
Family: Taccaceae
Zone: 10

6 inch pot

$29.95

 

Info: Bat flowers are exotic tropical plants with most unusual of flowers. The leaves are shiny green and look similar to the Closet Plants (Spathiphyllum). The notable flowers are made up of several sets of modified bracts that to some people look similar to a bat in flight. Tacca plants need steady moisture (but not soaking wet), warm temperatures, high humidity, and bright indirect light. Fertilize monthly during the growing season. Growth and blooming slows during cooler months. Protect from temperatures below 55 f.

Tacca integrifolia
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Common Name: White Bat Flower
Latin Name: Tacca integrifolia
Family:
Zone: 10

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8 inch pot

$40.00

 

Outstanding Conversation Piece from India
Grow this potted plant in shade, keep the soil moist but not wet and do not let the soil dry out.
Min temp 50 degrees F., flowers in the fall.
Native to the tropics of the Old World, the Pacific Islands, and Australia.


Tanacetum albipannosum - Silver Leaf Tansy
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Common Name: Silver Leaf Tansy
Latin Name: Tanacetum albipannosum
Family: Asteraceae
Zone: 4 - 9

1 gallon pot

$7.95

 

Info: Silvery foliage makes a mat with big white daisies with yellow centers in June. Native to Turkey. Very tolerant of different soils and conditions. Foliage is pale grayish green, to about 10 to 12" high.

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Common Name: Cape Honeysuckle (Red Form )
Latin Name: Tecomaria capensis
Family: Bignoniaceae
Zone: 9-10

Fresh Plants In Stock!

1 gallon pot

$10.00

 

Cape Honeysuckle will brighten your garden. Hardy to the upper 20's will usually come back even if frozen to the ground. It is a small shrub to 6 ft, blooms all summer, takes well to pruning, and is salt and drought tolerant. Hummingbird attractor.

Thalictrum 'Black Stockings' Meadowrue
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Common Name: Meadowrue
Latin Name: Thalictrum 'Black Stockings'
Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 9

4 ½ inch

pot $3.00

 

Info: Delicate lacy green foliage similar to Maidenhair Fern, growing 5' - 6' tall and blooming in late summer bloomer with a large flat cluster of lavender, fluffy flowers. Meadowrue needs fertile, moist, well drained soil with bright shade to full sun. Great plant for tall garden borders, and for cut flowers.

Thunbergia erecta flowers
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Thunbergia erecta
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Common Name: Kings Mantle
Latin Name: Thunbergia erecta and Thunbergia erecta 'alba'
Family: Acanthaceae
Zone: 10

1 gallon pot
Blue or White

$10.00

 

Thunbergia erecta is a vigorous, woody shrub from Tropical Africa that grows to about 6-feet-tall and wide. This shrub has small, ovate leaves with entire margins borne opposite on thin, brown stems. The purple flowers have a yellow throat and grow to 1 1/4 inches long and may appear singly or in small clusters. These lovely, slightly fragrant blooms occur all year long, especially in the summer.

 

* We also offer the white flowering form with white flowers and a yellow orange throat. Thunbergia erecta 'alba'



Tibouchina heteromalla in flower
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Common Name: Giant Princess Flower
Latin Name: Tibouchina heteromalla
Family: Melastomataceae
Zone: 9b up

1 gallon pot

$10

 

Info: Often mislabeled as T. grande, this giant leaf Melastom from the jungles of Brazil has large opposite 4 x 6 inch leaves with a soft velvety texture and depressed veins. It prefers full sun to partial shade, keep moist and protect from freezing. Reported to be hardy to around 30 degrees. Flowers appear in late summer in large clusters of 1 1/2 inch purple flowers. This is a very showy tropical shrub, beautiful in or out of bloom.

Variegated Confederate Star Jasmine
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Common Name: Variegated Confederate Star Jasmine
Latin Name: Trachelospermum jasminoides
Family: Apocynaceae
Zone: 7b - 10

1 gallon pot

$10

 

Info: Easy to grow twining woody vine with variegated glossy cream color splashed leaves and intensely fragrant, pinwheel shaped, pure white, one-inch blossoms, abundantly produced in April and May, extending well beyond the leaves. Will cover fences or trellises and the variegated cultivar looks great as a hanging basket plant. Perhaps the favorite vine in the South.

Vigethia mexicana in flower
Common Name: Mexican Daisy
Latin Name: Vigethia mexicana
Family: Asteraceae
Zone: 8-10

2 gallon pot

$12

 

Info: Grows 2 to 3 feet tall and blooms with pale yellow rays around a chartreuse center throughout the growing season. Prefers some shade. Flowers about 2 1/2 inches wide, prolific bloomer, easy to grow perennial.

RARE in collections!


Vitex negundo 'Heterophylla'
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Common Name: Cut-Leaf Chastetree
Latin Name: Vitex negundo 'Heterophylla'
Family: Verbenaceae
Zone: 6-9

2 gallon pot

$12.00

 

A 'Chastetree' with delicately cut lacy foliage. Flowering throughout the summer with 6 to 8 inch spikes of lavender blooms attractive to butterflies and bees, this Vitex species is easy to grow and enjoys plenty of sunlight and good drainage. Grows to around 10 feet tall.


Wrightia antidysenterica
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Common Name: Snowflake
Latin Name: Wrightia antidysenterica
Family: Apocynaceae
Zone: 10 - 11

1 gallon pot

$10

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Info: Native to Ceylon, Wrightine , a rare alkaloid found in the bark of this East Indian small shrub is sometimes used as a tonic for symptoms of dysentery. The lovely white flowers are suggestive of snowflakes, hence the common name. Forms a compact shrub 3 to 4 feet tall. Protect from cold weather and grow in full sun to light shade in a loamy moist soil. Excellent container plant.

Xanthosoma mafaffa - Lime Zinger
Common Name: Lime Zinger
Latin Name: Xanthosoma mafaffa
Family: Araceae
Zone: 8-10

1 gallon pot

$12

 

Info: For a tropical accent in your summer garden Lime Zinger's a winner! Giant chartreuse arrow-shaped leaves leaves grow to 18-24 inches long and the plants can be 6 to 7 feet high. They prefer partial shade and plenty of water. Lime green is the hot color in gardens this year and this lime green elephant ear could steal the show in your garden this summer!


Yucca linearifolia
Common Name: Yucca linearifolia
Latin Name: Yucca linearifolia
Family: Agavaceae
Zone: 8-10

1 gallon pot

$15

 

Info: Discovered by John Fairey and Carl Schoenfeld in the 1980's south of Monterrey, MX. Resembles Yucca rostrata but the leaves are more succulent, narrower, and a distinctive pale green.

Zamia-furfuracea-Cardboard-Palm
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Common Name: Cardboard Palm
Latin Name: Zamia furfuracea
Family: Zamiaceae
Zone: 10

1 gallon pot

$10

 

Info: A fat trunk cycad from Mexico and Belize, slow growing to about 4 feet tall and 5 feet wide. Leaves are thick leathery gray green in color. Great tropical accent for patio garden, protect from freezing. For best looking sturdy plants, give near full sun as new leaves emerge. After new leaves have hardened off, the plant can be moved to a shady location if desired.

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